Horrible idea.
I hope this is just Ekland and doesn't have any truth.
He's UFA. We have 2% chance of making the playoffs. We have minimal assets. He will not be cheap.
This the kind of crap that depleted our assets to begin with (trading for soon to be UFAs). The only ones that resigned were Gill and Guaustad-- which were huge mistakes. He will not be cheap. Scored over 30 multiple times.
If Poile makes a move like this, it will be total desperation, denial and stupidity. But, it wouldn't surprise me as that's how he's been operating the last 2 years.